हाथों और पैरों और चेहरे की हड्डियों का विस्तार; अक्सर सिरदर्द और मांसपेशी दर्द और भावनात्मक गड़बड़ी के साथ; पूर्वकाल पिट्यूटरी ग्रंथि द्वारा वृद्धि हार्मोन के अधिक उत्पादन के कारण (एक ट्यूमर के कारण)

Noun:

महांगता, महाकायता, अतिकायता,

acromegaly's Usage Examples:

If the tumor develops after growth has stopped, the result is acromegaly, not gigantism.

If such a tumor develops within the first ten years of life, the result is gigantism (in which growth is accelerated) and not acromegaly.

In a child with excessive hGH levels, failure of suppression indicates anterior pituitary dysfunction and confirms a diagnosis of gigantism (or acromegaly).

This procedure, also called the glucose loading test, is performed to evaluate excessive baseline levels of hGH and to confirm diagnosis of gigantism in children (and acromegaly in adults).

The somatomedin C test is usually ordered to help detect pituitary abnormalities, hGH deficiency, and acromegaly.

The somatotropin test also aids in documenting the excess hGH production responsible for gigantism or acromegaly, and confirms underactivity or overproduction of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism or hyperpituitarism, respectively).

In adults, too much GH causes a condition called acromegaly, but deficiency in adults had been considered previously to have no importance.

Acromegaly results when hGH is over-produced after the onset of puberty.

Somatostatin analogs, given as injections, are successful in treating acromegaly by inhibiting the release of GH.

In acromegaly, the pituitary continues to release GH and ignores signals from the hypothalamus.

acromegaly's Meaning':

enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor